Love and Crosses: What the Heart Wants

After a strenuous day at work, Riele got home feeling so tired. It was surprising she didn't receive any calls from the hospital yet.

It's been five years since her mom was hospitalized. She had refused to response to external stimuli. 

I doubt she's ever going to wake up. Riele thought as went to her room.

Riele's mother had a car accident five years ago that led to a brain tumor. She went out to buy things for her children. Unknown to her that a moving vehicle was coming and before she could try to escape, the car hit one side of her body pushing her straight to the pavement where she hit her head.

Good thing she was rushed to the hospital. Riele was just sixteen and her brother was five. It was a sad news.

She was having her school party when she got a call from the hospital. It was the worst day of her life.

Riele lay on her bed trying to get some sleep when her phone rang. She knew there was only one person who dared to call her.

She picked up the call without looking at the caller. "Seriously, Charlotte?" she asked as a giggle was heard on the other side of the phone. "What do you want?" Riele whined.

"Don't worry. You will be happy and grateful to me when I tell you why I called," her friend said as Riele waited patiently for Charlotte to say whatever she wanted to say so she could go to bed, but Charlotte was silent. 

"Charlotte, I'm going to hang up now,"

"Hold on! Do you have your laptop with you?"

Charlotte asked as Riele grabbed her laptop by the side of her bed and placed it on the bed switching it on.

"Is there a good reason why I need this?" Riele asked signing in her information.

"Just trust me," Charlotte told her.

"It's not like I have any other choice. So what am I looking at?" Riele asked.

"Go to google chrome or Firefox whichever you use and search for Diamond Boys," Charlotte instructed. 

Riele paused as she spent a few seconds trying to process what Charlotte just told her.

"Have you done that?" Charlotte asked.

"Um... yeah."

Riele quickly opened google chrome as she typed in the word Diamond Boys in the search box.

"What did you see?"

"It's loading," Riele paused. "Oh, I can see five handsome guys and they look like they are from New York. Is there a reason why I'm looking at this?" Riele asked.

"Just go to Diamond Boys Wikipedia and tell me when you see it. I'll call you back."

"See w...". Charlotte hung up before Riele could ask her questions. "What did she say I should check again?" She asked herself as she pondered.

Then it hits her. "Wikipedia," she said as she quickly strolled to Wikipedia. "Diamond Boys is a five-member boy band under Sparkles Entertainment. It is composed of Kim, Jake, Devon, Jay, and Mavin," she read.

She was getting bored with the story. She strolled down to see if she could find anything interesting, but nothing. "I can't believe Charlotte just made me waste my precious time reading this, I'm going to chop her ear off when I see her tomorrow."

The mention of tomorrow made Riele realize that tomorrow would be a different day for her. "I have to find clothes to wear."

she shut down her laptop as she breezes through her wardrobe.

She searched and searched but she couldn't find the clothes she needed. "Wait a sec! Why am I bothering myself with what to wear?" She asked herself as she picked out a blue jumpsuit. "This is perfect."

She scanned the shoe rank for her shoes. She decided to go with white canvas. "Who knows, you might need it to run just in case something unexpected happens."

She puts her jumpsuit on the sofa and her canvas near the sofa. Riele has had enough drama for one day. She stretched her tired muscles as she jump on her bed.

She picked up her phone placed it on her stomach and slept off. She didn't know if Charlotte was going to call back because she has been waiting for her call for a while now.

*††*

Charlotte sat on her bed with her laptop in front of her as she glanced through the pictures of Diamond Boys.

She couldn't believe her eyes. She called Riele so many times, but she wasn't picking up. "Dang it! She's asleep," she said as she kept the pizza she was eating in its box. She grabbed some tissues and cleaned her hand, tossing the tissue straight inside the waste bin. She texted Riele.

Charlotte

Have you seen it?

Call me when you do.

Call me when you don't.

Just call me when you're awake, sleepy head!!!

She pressed sent as she continued to transfer the pictures she downloaded on the computer to her phone. "It might come in handy."

She stared at the hotties that appeared on her screen.

"If only Riele knew how lucky she is," she said to the image in front of her. "But I guess she will never know," she paused. "I wish you will be the guy to sweep her off her feet and make her fall in love for once in her life," she continued to talk to the image. "If not you then maybe one out of the five. Let someone just make her happy. She's been through a lot.

"Her dad died on his way to see his son. Her mom took care of them and now she's hospitalized. She also has a younger brother to cater to. I feel for her. Please help her fall in love. I know it only happens in movies, but I believe it can happen in reality too." She closed her eyes as if she was saying a prayer.

After the files had entered her phone, she shut down the laptop as she decided to call it a night. "Let's see what tomorrow holds." She closed her eyes and allowed nature to take over.